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  New 
  Ornithological 
  Periodical. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Ant. 
  Reichenow 
  an- 
  

   nounces 
  the 
  commencement 
  witli 
  this 
  year 
  o£ 
  a 
  new 
  orni- 
  

   thological 
  periodical; 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  ' 
  Ornithologische 
  Monats- 
  

   berichte/ 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  published 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Friedlander 
  of 
  

   Berlin, 
  under 
  his 
  editorship. 
  The 
  subscription-price 
  will 
  be 
  

   six 
  marks. 
  

  

  Prince 
  Albert's, 
  Lyre-bird 
  in 
  Captivity. 
  — 
  From 
  ' 
  The 
  

   Northern 
  Star 
  and 
  Richmond 
  and 
  Tweed 
  Rivers 
  Advocate/ 
  

   published 
  at 
  Lismore, 
  N. 
  S. 
  VV.^ 
  on 
  October 
  Sth^ 
  1892, 
  of 
  

   which 
  some 
  kind 
  correspondent 
  has 
  sent 
  us 
  a 
  copy, 
  we 
  learn 
  

   that 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  P. 
  Goodwin, 
  of 
  that 
  town, 
  has 
  been 
  fortunate 
  

   enough 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  live 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Lyre-bird 
  {Menura 
  

   alberti^ 
  belonging 
  to 
  that 
  district. 
  Several 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Menura 
  superba 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  alive 
  to 
  England 
  and 
  

   exhibited 
  in 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Society^s 
  Gardens, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  

   not 
  aware 
  that 
  Menura 
  alberti 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  captivity 
  

   before. 
  

  

  The 
  British 
  Museum 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds. 
  — 
  Three 
  more 
  

   volumes 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  forward 
  

   state, 
  and 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  

   year. 
  The 
  21st 
  volume, 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  Pigeons, 
  has 
  been 
  

   undertaken 
  by 
  Count 
  Salvadori, 
  than 
  whom 
  no 
  ornithologist 
  

   could 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  more 
  competent 
  for 
  this 
  arduous 
  

   task. 
  Count 
  Salvadori 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  London 
  all 
  the 
  autumn 
  

   at 
  work 
  upon 
  it, 
  and 
  has 
  only 
  recently 
  returned 
  to 
  Turin. 
  

   The 
  22nd 
  volume, 
  containing 
  the 
  Pterocletes, 
  Gallince, 
  and 
  

   Hemipodii, 
  is 
  being 
  prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ogilvie 
  Grant. 
  Dr. 
  

   Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  is 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  23rd 
  volume, 
  which, 
  we 
  

   understand, 
  will 
  contain 
  the 
  Aledorides, 
  Fulicarice, 
  and 
  

   Liiuicola. 
  When 
  these 
  three 
  volumes 
  are 
  complete, 
  we 
  

   reckon 
  that 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  volumes 
  more 
  will 
  finish 
  the 
  work. 
  

   It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped, 
  however, 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  index 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  

   forgotten. 
  The 
  Editor 
  of 
  'The 
  Ibis^ 
  has 
  already 
  made 
  an 
  

   index 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  20 
  volumes 
  in 
  MS., 
  and 
  finds 
  it 
  extremely 
  

   useful. 
  

  

  